Stephen A. on Manny

I think the title speaks for itself. Stephen A. Smith writing about anything, let alone baseball, represents all that is wrong with ESPN.

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by Natto on Feb 10, 2009 3:35 PM PST reply actions

With writing like this....

who needs FJM?

“Call me one of the few friends with a pen whom Manny Ramirez has.”

Since when did Stephen A. into Yoda turn?

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by leftymalo on Feb 10, 2009 4:12 PM PST reply actions

HOW CAN THEY BOTH HAVE THE PEN? Is it shared custody?

by Grant Brisbee on Feb 10, 2009 4:19 PM PST up reply actions

Wow

I had to read that like 3 times before I understood what he was trying to say. I think it’s time to go home… and not try to read Stephen A’s attempts at writing.

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by j14 on Feb 10, 2009 5:11 PM PST up reply actions

and I just shudder at hearing him yell. Not only can he not write, he is a complete and udder tool of the agent’s voice!

Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?

by haverecords on Feb 11, 2009 3:34 AM PST up reply actions

His Truth Is Marching On

“But I am known for being a bit audacious from time to time. Someone willing to speak up for the underdog.”

Thank God for Stephen A. Smith.

by VidaWantsYourCar on Feb 10, 2009 4:46 PM PST reply actions

smith is...

a fucktard. how many seasons of 50 hr has manny ever had ? even with the wall at 280 ft, or whatever LF is in boston, ZERO. fucktard

by giantdonkey on Feb 10, 2009 5:20 PM PST reply actions

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by positiveuphemism on Feb 10, 2009 5:33 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs

It amazes me that players and agents think they can set their contract length/price. As much as it used to offend me that owners felt it was their prerogative to do the same. The reality is Manny could be signed right now – just not for as long as he wanted.
If there’s no market for long term contracts for 37 year olds with attitude problems, it might not be because of collusion. It might be because no-one wants a long term deal with a 37 year old with attitude problems (however talented). It can be shown mathematically not to be a sound decision (not by me of course, but still).
I think the new reality of statistical analysis (I cringe to use the term Moneyball) has passed them by… signing huge, long term contracts for big names is no longer considered the only way to the World Series (outside of a few large markets that will remain nameless).

by Johnny Disaster on Feb 10, 2009 7:13 PM PST reply actions

+1

The union may not like it, but if 30 teams do a cost-benefit analysis and decide certain players just aren’t worth the money, it’s not collusion.

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by S.F. Giangst on Feb 10, 2009 8:04 PM PST up reply actions

+1 on both.

Smith is remarkably bad. How he ever got to where he is now, is quite a mystery.

Adoptive Parent of Francisco Peguero. He can throw, he can run, he can hit(fastballs), and he's Dominican. What else do you need to know?

by haverecords on Feb 10, 2009 8:11 PM PST up reply actions

Yo!

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by Giant among Angels on Feb 10, 2009 8:49 PM PST reply actions

Seriously, I can’t respect any journalist who starts a paragraph with Yo!

Baggs must hate this shit…

by lincysgiants on Feb 11, 2009 11:33 AM PST up reply actions

All Stephen A. Smith does is yell.

I think he could be at Denny’s and he would yell out what he wanted: “I’LL TAKE A GRAND SLAM BREAKFAST!!!!!!!! AND A CUP OF COFFEE!!!!!!!”

by SFGuy on Feb 10, 2009 11:15 PM PST reply actions

Unions have gotten crazy these last years, not just baseball but everywhere. Companies are starting to get some reasoning for not giving into all their demands and it’s making them angry. I do enjoy how players can always negotiate for more money but if there is a chance that they lose money, the union comes in and starts running everything.

In short, Unions have their uses for protection of the proletariat from bourgeois tyranny but I firmly believe that they have become a monster now and the townspeople are starting to revolt.

by Giant Voodoo on Feb 10, 2009 11:26 PM PST reply actions

nah

"he walked 18; new league record! Struck out 18, another new league record! He also hit the sportswriter, the PA announcer, the bull mascot twice..."

by i did my job on Feb 11, 2009 10:03 AM PST up reply actions

I simply can’t read this article without hearing Stephen A.’s voice narrating it in my head.

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by Useful_Idiot on Feb 10, 2009 11:53 PM PST reply actions

ESPN's signature moment

was when they dumped David Aldridge for Stephen A. Smith. Out with articulate, educated, and informed, in with scowling, screaming and “edgy street cred.” Obviously they’d started long before with Berman and Vitale, but Smith was the final shark jumping triumph of bombast.

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by Roger on Feb 11, 2009 7:39 AM PST reply actions